18710849. NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE (The Johns Hopkins University)
NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Ethan Tumarkin of Baltimore MD (US)
David Armstrong of Nashville TN (US)
Henry R. Halperin of Baltimore MD (US)
NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18710849 titled 'NASAL TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A nasal trans-esophageal echocardiography system includes a nasal trans-esophageal device comprising a sheath defining a lumen therein, the sheath having a width sufficiently narrow to fit through a nasal passage of a subject, an ultrasound probe having a width sufficiently narrow to extend through said lumen defined by said sheath, and a workstation configured to communicate with said ultrasound probe to receive ultrasound signals from said ultrasound probe and to form ultrasound images based on said ultrasound signals.
